The next morning, Razorclaw was thinking about the two 'Cons and wondering how the femme was doing, so he went to check on them.

"Do you want me to come with you?" Soundwave asked when he saw Razorclaw was leaving.

"No, don't need them to think we're trying to catch them right now."

"Alright, be careful," Soundwave gently pulled his mate into a hug.

"I will be," Razorclaw said as he hugged him back. The two slowly broke away as Razorclaw headed off.

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Amberblade started waking up at the feeling of the sun beaming on her face, she looked and saw Ripjaw asleep, still holding her. With a smile, she nuzzled him lovingly.

He woke up and looked at her, "Morning. How are you feeling?"

"I'm feeling much better. I think I just needed some Energon."

"I wish we had a doctor."

"I'm fine, Ripjaw, it's nothing to worry about."

"Are you sure?"

"I'm sure," she replied as she caressed his cheek.

"Let me know if you get the pains again."

"I will," she promised, "I left you half a cube if you want some."

"I'm okay, I'll have some later. I just want to lay with you for a while. What do you think is causing the pain?"

"I don't know."

"Well, whatever it is I'll help you through it."

"I know you will," she purred as she kissed him.

He purred as he kissed her back. I love you so much.

I love you too.

They broke from the kiss when they heard something outside the cave, they looked to see what was there. Razorclaw drove up to the mouth of the cave and transformed, "Uh, I wanted to see how you guys were doing."

"I thought I told you to leave," Ripjaw growled.

"You did but I wanted to tell you something."

"Why should we listen to you? For all I know, this could be a distraction so you Autobots can capture us."

"No, I'm alone, the others don't even know I'm here. Well, except for my mate but he won't say anything. I know what it's like to be on the run, I used to be a 'Con myself, and my mate was as well. I have some information that could explain her situation." Razorclaw pointed at Amberblade.

"Ripjaw, let's hear him out. I ran into him yesterday and he let me go," Amberblade told her mate gently.

Ripjaw looked at his mate, "You did? Why didn't you tell me?"

"I was going to tell you but after last night I didn't want to make you worry even more. We just got here and I'm tired of running." She looked at the ground not wanting to see his anger. She really messed up this time.

"It's okay, babe. I just want you to be safe, I don't know what I would do if anything happened to you."

Razorclaw watched the two in silence not wanting to disturb their moment. He could feel how much they love each other, "I don't mean to interrupt but I may have an idea of what may be causing the chest pains."

"Alright, Autobot, let's hear it."

"She may be sparked."

Both their optics grew wide in surprise, "Are you certain?" Amberblade asked.

"It's just a hunch, there's one way we can find out for sure but you're not going to like it."

"How?" Amberblade cautiously asked.

"We have three medics, one of them could take a look--"

"We're not going to your base, Autobot," Ripjaw growled.

"You don't have to, I could try to get one of them to come here."

"And risk them telling the others our location? We're in danger just by you being here."

"I'll get Knock Out, he's an ex-con as well so he'll understand."

Ripjaw growled to himself as he weighed his options. It brought little comfort that this "Knock Out" used to be a Decepticon but he still didn't trust him. Razorclaw just stands there looking at him waiting for his answer. Ripjaw glanced at Amberblade, if something else happened he wouldn't be able to do anything, he didn't have the knowledge. With a heavy sigh, he looked at Razorclaw, "If I find out he said anything, I'll go after all of you."

"Fair enough. I'll be right back with him," Razorclaw said before he transformed and drove off.

Ripjaw sat beside Amberblade while they waited. Amberblade leaned against him, "Thank you."

Wrapping an arm around her he held her close, "You're welcome."

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Razorclaw drove back to the scrapyard and headed to Med Bay to look for Knock Out. Knock Out came out from his room after an hour of buffing, "Knock Out, is anyone else around?"

"No, do you need something?"

"You know those two 'Cons we've been after?"

"Yes," the medic replied wondering where he was going with this.

"Well, I had found them but the femme, Amberblade, is having problems. I think she might be sparked."

Knock Out blinked in shock, "And you haven't told anyone else?"

"Only Soundwave and now you. I promised them I would help and that you wouldn't say anything, please don't tell Bumblebee or anyone else."

"As a member of the Autobots I should but, since you're asking me as a medic, I won't say a word," he replied with a smirk.

"Thank you, Knock Out."

"But if either one of them messes up my paint job they're in for a world of hurt," he half-joked.

"No offense, but I don't think you could do anything to them, especially not him since he is a Dinobot."

"You've never seen what happens when a bot messes with my finish. Lead the way."

Without another word he headed out, leading Knock Out to where they are.

Ripjaw looked up when he heard the sound of engines coming closer. He got into a defensive position just in case.

Knock Out transformed and carefully made his way to the entrance of the cave, "Protective aren't we?"

"Of course. Wouldn't you be protective of your mate, especially if she's vulnerable?"

"Sorry, it's been a while since I've been with anyone. You can relax I'm not going to hurt her," he spoke as he got closer to them. Ripjaw relaxed a bit but still kept his guard up for anything.

Knock Out rolled his optics and knelt in front of Amberblade, "How long have you been having these chest pains?"

"For the past couple of days."

"Have you two been sparkbonded lately?" He asked as he scanned her chest.

"Yes, a few days ago. What does that have to do with anything?"

"Sparkbonding is what leads to the femme becoming sparked. Sometimes it happens when the couple sparkbonds for the first time," he replied as he looked at the results. "I need you to open your spark chamber for me," he told Amberblade. Amberblade looked at Ripjaw.

"Why does she need to do that?" He growled not liking the idea of another mech seeing her spark.

"So I can determine whether she's actually sparked or if it's some sort of disease in her spark."

With an inward growl, Ripjaw nodded, letting her know it was okay. She opened up her spark chamber for the doctor. Carefully taking a closer look he found what he was looking for, "You can close it," he spoke as he moved back.

She closed her spark chamber, "So, what is it?"

"You're sparked," Knock Out replied.

The two looked at him in shock, "What?"

"I'm sparked?" Amberblade asked with a squeak.

"Yes, you are," Knock Out chuckled.

Amberblade and Ripjaw looked at each other unsure of what to do, "I think Ripjaw is in more shock than Amberblade," Razorclaw whispered to the medic.

Knock Out chuckled, "Would appear so. So, what are you two gonna do?"

Amberblade snaps out of her shocked state and looks over at Ripjaw. What are we gonna do? Can we take care of a sparkling while we're on the run?

I don't know. I mean it's gonna be tough but I really want to keep it. We made it after all.

I agree. But being on the run isn't the life I want to give our sparkling.

So, you don't want to keep it?

I don't know. She replied as she brought a servo to her chest.

"Knock Out, I think we should leave and let them talk about this," Razorclaw told the medic, feeling the femme's fear.

"Yes, we should. If you need anything you know where to find me. But I will come every so often to check up on you."

"Wait," Amberblade called to the medic, "What if we told the other Autobots about what is going on? Would they leave us alone?"

"Not sure. I honestly doubt it to be truthful, they're really set on locking you two up."

"I'll turn myself in," Ripjaw spoke up, "We can barely get enough Energon for the two of us we won't be able to get enough Energon for the sparkling as well."

"No! We can think of something," Amberblade replied softly as she wrapped her arms around him.

I'll give up my share of Energon so you and the sparkling will have enough. Ripjaw tells her, he has to do whatever he can to help them survive. Ripjaw looked at the two, "Can you two leave us?"

Unknown to the two, Razorclaw could feel the hurt in Ripjaw, "Sure," he said as he and Knock Out turned to leave. Soundwave, I know I'm asking a lot but I need your help.

What is it?

I want to find them a place where they won't be bothered, and so they won't have to worry about the limited amount of Energon.

I'll take a look and see what I find.

I'm sorry for asking this of you when you have enough to do.

No worries, anything for you.

I'll make it up to you, I promise.

You better. Soundwave said teasingly.

After the two left, Ripjaw turned to look at Amberblade. He caressed her cheek as he felt his spark getting heavy, "I love you so much. Take good care of our sparkling," he told her before transforming into his Dino mode and running out.

Amberblade looked at him as he ran off, after a moment she figured out what he was doing, "Ripjaw, wait!" She shouted as she transformed and chased after him, "Please don't do this!!"

"Go back to the cave, Amberblade, you need to rest!"

Running as fast as she could she got in front of him to stop him, "I'm not gonna let you turn yourself in! I can't raise the sparkling by myself!"

"But how are we gonna take care of it when we can barely get enough Energon for the two of us?"

"You don't have to worry about that anymore," a voice replied from behind a tree.

Ripjaw got into a fighting stance as he looked in the direction the voice was coming from, "Who's there?"

Sideswipe came out from the shadows and activated his Decepticon hunter, "You two are going down."

Amberblade let out a growl as she went into a defensive stance when she saw the Autobot. Ripjaw growled as well, "Only take me, Autobot, leave Amberblade."

"Ripjaw, don't." She looked at him with pleading optics.

"Let Amberblade go and you can have me."

"Ripjaw, I'm going with you, and do not argue with me on this."

The two soon saw the rest of the Autobots coming out. All the Autobots came out and surrounded the two, giving them no space to escape.

We're in this together. Amberblade told Ripjaw as they watched the Autobots surrounding them.

"We're taking you both in," Bumblebee stated as he pointed his gun at them.

Before either one of them could say anything, Soundwave stood in front of the two Dinobots followed by Razorclaw, "Wait, Bumblebee."

"Out of the way you two," Bumblebee ordered.

"Hear us out first."

"Why should we?" Sideswipe asked, "We've been tracking those two for months and they have injured a number of us."

"Quiet, Sideswipe, let's hear what they have to say," Bumblebee says as he looks at Razorclaw and Soundwave.

"These two love each other, they mated and Amberblade is sparked. Do you really want to lock away a sparked femme? I know they did some bad stuff, especially him, but they are a couple that just wants to be together. How would you feel if a bot tried to tear you apart from Grimlock?" He looked at Steeljaw and Strongarm, "How would you feel if you were being kept from each other and couldn't be together?"

"We've already been through that and Steeljaw almost ripped a bot in half," Strongarm spoke up.

"All they want is to be together and left alone. Can't we do something for them?"

"All Cybertronians have the will to change," Optimus spoke, "Megatron changed, as did other Decepticons. We now have Megatron, Soundwave, Steeljaw, Thunderhoof, Razorclaw, Shockwave, and others who used to be Decepticons on our team after they changed. So I see no reason why we can't help them do the same."

Bumblebee vented out a sigh, "I agree with Optimus. Plus, we can't put a sparked femme in stasis. For now, I guess we can just put them in the barracks until we can figure something out."

"Thank you, Bumblebee."

"But you and Soundwave will look after them," Bumblebee told Razorclaw as he headed back to the scrapyard to be with Grimlock.

"I will."

Slowly the others started to head back as well. Soundwave intertwined one of his appendages with Razorclaw's tail. You did good.

Thanks, Soundwave.

You're welcome. I will keep looking for a place for them.

"Come on you two, I'll show you to the barracks."